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Stats: Nasir Jamshed emulates legendary Zaheer Abbas

January 04, 2013 16:48 IST
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Statistical highlights of the second One-Day International between India [ Images ] and Pakistan at the Eden Gardens.

# Pakistan's triumph by 85 runs is their fifth largest in terms of runs over India in ODIs in India - the largest being by 159 runs at Feroz Shah Kotla on April 17, 2005. 

# Pakistan have won all four games against India at Eden Gardens.  Their series triumph is their third against India in India (minimum two games).

# Nasir Jamshed has become the second batsman after Zaheer Abbas to register three hundreds in successive innings against India in ODIs.  In the 1982-83 series, Zaheer had posted 118 at Multan, 105 at Lahore [ Images ] and 113 at Karachi. He was the first to achieve the feat in ODIs.

# Jamshed is the second Pakistani player to record a hundred against India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata [ Images ]. Salman Butt [ Images ] had registered an unbeaten 108 on November 13, 2004. 

# Jamshed has posted all his three hundreds against India in ODIs.  He has become the fourth Pakistani batsman to post two centuries in a bilateral series against India - the first three being Zaheer Abbas (3 in 1982-83), Javed Miandad [ Images ] (2 in 1982-83) and Inzamam-ul-Haq [ Images ] (2 in 2003-04). 

# Jamshed is now the first Pakistani batsman to record the distinction in India. 

# Nasir Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez [ Images ] were associated in a stand of 141 - Pakistan's third highest opening  partnership against India in ODIs - their highest on Indian soil. 

# With four century partnerships,Hafeez and Jamshed have emulated a record for Pakistan for most century stands for the first wicket in nine innings in ODIs. Imran Farhat [ Images ] and Yasir Hameed [ Images ] had also shared four cenury stands for the first wicket in 16 innings.

# Kamran Akmal has effected four dismissals in an ODI for the fourth time. 

# Saeed Ajmal [ Images ] (3-20) has produced his best bowling figures against India in ODIs. 

# Mahendra Singh Dhoni's [ Images ] strike rate of 60.67 is his lowest when he has posted 50 or more in an innings. His unbeaten 54 off 89 balls is his 47th fifty in ODIs - his ninth against Pakistan. 

# During the last ten years, Pakistan and Australia [ Images ] are the only two nations to have won bilateral series against India in India. 

# Mohammad Hafeez (76) has registered his second highest score against India - the highest is 105 at Mirpur on March 18, 2012. 

# Jamshed has been adjudged the Man of the Match for the third time in ODIs - one each against Zimbabwe, India and Australia. 

# Jamshed has registered a fifty and three hundreds in a row against India - his scores are an unbeaten 53 at Karachi on July 2, 2008; 112 at Dhaka on March 18, 2012; an unbeaten 101 at Chennai on December 30, 2012 and 106 at Kolkata. 

# West Indian Chris Gayle [ Images ] was the first batsman to register three centuries and a fifty against India in four innings (not in successive innings) - his scores were 103 at Nagpur; 72 at Rajkot; 140 at Ahmedabad [ Images ] and 101 at Baroda - all in November 2002. 

# Ishant Sharma [ Images ] (3-34) has registered his best bowling performance against Pakistan in limited-overs matches. His said performance is his best at home. 

# Ravindra Jadeja [ Images ] (3-41) has registered his best bowling figures against Pakistan in ODIs.

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